Public Notice Inviting Enrollment in the
Northwest Anti-Japanese Red Army University
of the Chinese Soviet People's Republic
(February 1936)
Purpose
At present the Japanese imperialists and the chieftain of the traitors who are
selling out the country, Chiang Kaishek, are exerting their utmost efforts to turn
China completely into a Japanese colony, and the Chinese nation is faced with
the imminent danger of the destruction of the state and the extinction of the race.
To keep pace with the development of the national revolutionary war against
Japan and supply leaders to the various anti-Japanese battlefronts, this school has
decided to recruit revolutionary youths and noble-minded patriots from all over
to study here so as to train and develop on a regular basis large numbers of
military and political cadres for the national resistance against Japan, to lead the
national revolutionary war, overthrow Japanese imperialism, recover lost territory, and win independence, freedom, and complete emancipation for the Chinese nation.
Subjects and Enrollments
This school has four sections:
such as engineer troops, mounted troops, artillery troops, and so on. The enrollment for each section is 300.
Entrance qualifications and treatment for them are the same as for the regular
sections.
We have translated this document from Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 4, pp. 267-69, where
it is taken from Jiuguo shibao, no. 83 (June 25, 1936).

Entrance Qualifications Location of the School

1. All noble-minded patriots who wish to sacrifice everything to resist Japan Near Wangyaobao in the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area.
resolutely and devote themselves entirely to the national revolution, and all those February 1936, by the Western calendar.
with the aspiration to study, whatever their class origin or family social background, and whatever the party or faction in which they may have participated in Northwest Revolutionary Military Commission
the past.
2. Those between the ages of sixteen and twenty-eight, regardless of sex. Chairman Mao Zedong
3. Those in good health with no infectious diseases or bad habits.
4. Minimum required educational level is graduation from primary school or Vice-Chairmen Zhou Enlai
its equivalent. High school students, college students, unemployed office work- Peng Dehuai
ers, and other intellectuals, and demobilized soldiers, especially those who have
been cadres in anti-Japanese volunteer armies or anti-Japanese guerrilla troops, University President Zhou Kun
are all welcome, regardless of [educational] level.
Political Commissar Yuan Guoping¹
Treatment

1. All tuition, board, and book fees are waived, and [students] are provided
with clothing, blankets, and shoes and socks. They enjoy the same preferential
treatment as those in active service in the Red Army.
2. The school will assign suitable anti-Japanese work to those who desire
work assignment from the school after graduation. Travel expenses will be provided by the school to those who wish to work elsewhere (such as anti-Japanese
armies, local anti-Japanese governments, volunteer armies, anti-Japanese guerrilla troops, and so on) and they will be recommended and sent to the places
according to their own wishes.

Places for Application

1. Application may be made at soviet governments at all levels, anti-Japanese
Red Army units, and anti-Japanese guerrilla troops. Board and lodging expenses on the road as well as escorts are to be provided by the relevant organs
in charge.
2. If application deadlines are not met because of transportation problems,
applications may be accepted upon arrival.

Length of Course and Opening Dates

1. The Military Command, Political Work, and Guerrilla Warfare Sections all
last six months; the Special Section is for one year.
2. The first session opens on April 1, 1936, and thereafter one group will start
on the first day of each month.
¹ 1. Yuan Guoping (1905-1941), a native of Hunan, had joined the Communist Party
in 1925 and been trained at the Huangpu Military Academy. After the Long March, he
became head of the Rear Area Department for Political Work.

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1. Military Command Section The aim is to train battalion and regimental
commanders and other military officers, with an enrollment of a thousand.
2. Political Work Section The aim is to train political cadres at the regimental and division levels, with an enrollment of 1,200.
3. Guerrilla Warfare Section The aim is to train military and political cadres
at all levels for anti-Japanese guerrilla and anti-Japanese volunteer troops, with
an enrollment of 300.
4. Special Section The aim is to train military commanders for special arms

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